JAMES GORDON BENNETT, OF AMERICA.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 611, 3 June 1876, Page 3

JAMES GORDON BENNETT, OF AMERICA.

The Mew York correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says “ The squibs discharged at James Gordou Bennett on account of his lightning express trip to Ottawa and the failure to attend Lord Dufferin’s ball, would make a go )d sized yc lume. The facts appear to bo that the trick was planned without reference to the ball, merely as a pleasure excursion, and that an invitation was extended to the party to attend. The Bohemians, however, are making it lively for yong Bennett, and burlesques on his magnificent schemes and outlays of money for personal show are the order of the day. In the meantime the object of this fun is becoming so interesting, that people stop and gaze upon his figure as he walks (or strides, for his walk is marvellous) or rides by. If his carriage stops a moment, a crowd quickly gather round. In appearance he is tall, slender, aud graceful, rapid and nervous in his movements, somewhat abrupt to strangers, • ave to his friends. He resembles his father m >rc now than he did three years ago, and there are those who assert he is developing a squint in his eyes which surpasses bis

father’s. He dresses neatly, even elegantly, but with an absence of everything that tends to gaudiness, and on occasions is a perfect Beau Erummel in his attire. . He suggests most of the novelties in the Herald enterprise, and whenever an idea occurs to_ him, no matter where he may be—on a railroad train, yacht voyage, at his Newport villa, dining out, or driving his coach and four—ha loses no time in telegraphing to one of his subordinates to prepare a plan for carrying out his novel idea. It is said ho conceived the idea of Sunday letters by cable from European capitals one evening while playing cards. Calling for a messenger, he scribbled his wish on paper, and in an hour a cable message was on its way to the Herald office in London, ordering the letters which now appear regularly in the Sunday edition ”